China Reveals Details of Alleged NSA Attack on Northwestern Polytechnical University

A blog post details publicly available Chinese reports on an alleged NSA (APT-C-40) cyberattack against Northwestern Polytechnical University. The reports claim the NSA used over 40 unique malware strains, employing techniques including zero-day exploits, MITM attacks, and spear-phishing emails, to steal sensitive data. Chinese cybersecurity firms attributed the attack based on analysis of attack times, keyboard inputs, human errors, and toolkits. The author compares Western and Chinese incident response methodologies and discusses future cybersecurity trends. The authenticity of the claims remains unverified.